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Gowa Regency

Gowa (Makassar language : ᨁᨚᨓ) is a regency in the province of South Sulawesi, Indonesia. It has an area of 1,883.33 km2 and a population of 652,329 at the 2010 census, increasing to 765,836 at the 2020 census; the official estimate at mid-2023 was 799,999 (comprising 396,130 males and 403,869 females). The majority of the regency (the western eleven districts, with 632,039 inhabitants, or just over 79% of the regency's population in mid 2023) lies within the official metropolitan area of the city of Makassar, including the regency's administrative capital at Sungguminasa. The hill resort of Malino is in the eastern (non-metropolitan) part of the regency.

Gowa is located at 12°38.16'E Longitude of Jakarta and 5°33.6'E longitude of the North Pole. While the location of the region his administration between, 12°33.19 'to 13°15:17'E longitude and 5°5' to 5°34.7'S latitude of Jakarta.

The regency is located in the southern part of South Sulawesi province, and is bordered to the north by the city of Makassar and Maros Regency, to the east by Sinjai Regency, Bulukumba Regency and Bantaeng, to the south by Takalar and Jeneponto Regencies, and to the west by the city of Makassar and Takalar Regency.

The total area is 1,883.33 km2, equal to 3.01% of the area of South Sulawesi province. Gowa regency is divided into eighteen districts, comprising 167 villages and 726 hamlets.

The Bili-Bili Dam, located about 30 km from Makassar, was completed in 1998.

The regency is divided into eighteen districts (kecamatan), with their area, population at the 2010 and 2020 census, and the mid-2023 official population estimate tabulated below. The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, their post code and the number of administrative villages in each district (totaling 121 rural desa and 46 urban kelurahan).

Notes: (a) includes the 3 kelurahan of Bontonompo, Kalaserena and Tamallayang. (b) includes one kelurahan of Bontoramba.
(c) includes the 4 kelurahan of Kalebajeng, Limbung, Mata Allo and Tubajeng. (d) includes the 4 kelurahan of Mangalli, Pangkabinanga, Parangbanoa and Tetebatu.
(e) including the 2 kelurahan of Benteng Somba Opu and Lembang Parang.
(f) all 14 are kelurahan - Batangkaluku, Bonto-Bontoa, Bontoramba, Kalegowa, Katangka, Mawang, Paccinongang, Pandang-Pandang, Romangpolong, Samata, Sungguminasa, Tamarunang, Tombolo and Tompobalang.
(g) including the 3 kelurahan of Bontomanai, Borongloe and Romang Lompoa. (h) including the 2 kelurahan of Bontoparang and Lanna.
(j) comprising 6 kelurahan (Bonto Lerung, Bulutana, Gantarang, Garassi, Malino and Pattapang) and one desa.
(k) including one kelurahan of Tamaona. (l) including the 2 kelurahan of Je'nebatu and Sapaya.
(m) including the 2 kelurahan of Cikoro and Malakaji. (n) including the 2 kelurahan of Lauwa and Tonrorita.

The first eleven of the eighteen districts tabulated above lie within the official metropolitan area of the city of Makassar; the remaining seven districts lie outside that area.

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